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Tarache tetragona

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Tarache tetragona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Tarache
Species: T. tetragona
Binomial name
Tarache tetragona
(Walker, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Acontia tetragona Walker, 1858
  • Acontia alessandra Smith, 1903
  • Acontia aprica var. ceyvenstensis Dyar, 1904
  • Acontia redota Draudt, 1936
  • Tarache gonoides McDunnough, 1943

Tarache tetragona, the four-spotted bird dropping moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from southern Florida south through the Caribbean and from eastern Texas south through Mexico and most of Central America to Costa Rica.

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

The larvae feed on Malvaviscus arboreus and Herssantia crispa.

References

  1. nearctica
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Bug Guide
Taxon identifiers
Acontia tetragona


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